GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| civil | of or relating to citizens |
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| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| scotch | scottish |
| juncture | a point of time |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| occident | west |
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